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  1. J.D. Ray

    Floppy sentence

    J.D. Ray, Feb 7, 2019 ... 2
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    Cogito
    Feb 10, 2019
  2. panic

    Kindly provideth thou aid, old timey english

    panic, Feb 10, 2019 ... 2
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    Friedrich Kugelschreiber
    Feb 11, 2019
  3. FallenShandeh

    better way to say "said sternly"?

    FallenShandeh, Jul 1, 2014
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    camphore
    Feb 14, 2019
  4. Brigid

    Is it professional to put a lot of content in a dialog line?

    Brigid, Feb 12, 2019
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    Brigid
    Feb 15, 2019
  5. Bone2pick

    Italicizing Ship Names

    Bone2pick, Feb 18, 2019
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    Iain Sparrow
    Feb 18, 2019
  6. John Calligan

    Hyphenation Problem

    John Calligan, Feb 18, 2019
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    BayView
    Feb 20, 2019
  7. J.D. Ray

    A word you didn't know you wanted

    J.D. Ray, Feb 21, 2019
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    1,080
    Hammer
    Feb 21, 2019
  8. ObsidianVale

    How to write good dialogue

    ObsidianVale, Jul 10, 2009 ... 32 33 34
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    Some Guy
    Feb 24, 2019
  9. Tenderiser

    Present Tense - what effect does it have?

    Tenderiser, Feb 25, 2019
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    Steerpike
    Feb 28, 2019
  10. BayView

    Past Perfect - the forgotten verb tense?

    BayView, Jan 2, 2019
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    Cogito
    Feb 28, 2019
  11. J.D. Ray

    Drug or dragged?

    J.D. Ray, Feb 28, 2019
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    J.D. Ray
    Feb 28, 2019
  12. panic

    How far should you analyze your writing?

    panic, Feb 5, 2019
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    1,293
    Alan Aspie
    Mar 3, 2019
  13. Paneera

    Hardest English Test Question For College Prep

    Paneera, Feb 28, 2019 ... 2
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    2,270
    Paneera
    Mar 5, 2019
  14. varma

    what are the words we should avoid in novel for betterment

    varma, Feb 28, 2019 ... 2
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    BayView
    Mar 6, 2019
  15. Fronzizzle

    First Person Mechanics Question

    Fronzizzle, Mar 6, 2019
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    762
    Seven Crowns
    Mar 7, 2019
  16. varma

    Is there any rule like should stick one point of view in a chapter

    varma, Mar 7, 2019
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    Cogito
    Mar 7, 2019
  17. Stormsong07

    Grammar help....

    Stormsong07, Mar 9, 2019
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    809
    XRD_author
    Mar 9, 2019
  18. DPena

    Resource of Choice while writing?

    DPena, Mar 8, 2019
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    1,184
    thirdwind
    Mar 26, 2019
  19. Hoops

    Creating Perspective/voice and accents

    Hoops, Mar 26, 2019
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    1,288
    BBQPorkbelly
    Mar 27, 2019
  20. Fallow

    Punctuation Using no end-quote mark on the end of a paragraph means next quotation is the same speaker

    Fallow, Mar 28, 2019 ... 2
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    XRD_author
    Apr 1, 2019
  21. cherrya

    Does this makes sense?

    cherrya, Mar 31, 2019
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    892
    cherrya
    Apr 1, 2019
  22. JLT

    "Woken" ... is this word still around?

    JLT, Apr 1, 2019
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    XRD_author
    Apr 2, 2019
  23. Capslock

    Not totally copying. Or is it?

    Capslock, Mar 30, 2019
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    1,177
    Stormsong07
    Apr 2, 2019
  24. BBQPorkbelly

    A quick question on grammar - "for" vs "as"

    BBQPorkbelly, Apr 3, 2019
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    821
    XRD_author
    Apr 3, 2019
  25. varma

    can I use italics to a character for distinguish in characters while conversation?

    varma, Mar 7, 2019
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    1,346
    Steerpike
    Apr 3, 2019
  26. Philliggi

    How to put in words a nuclear explosion

    Philliggi, Mar 7, 2019
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    5,240
    Alan Aspie
    Apr 3, 2019
  27. frigocc

    Sounds In Italics?

    frigocc, Mar 25, 2019
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    EBohio
    Apr 3, 2019
  28. varma

    Rules to learn punctuations

    varma, Mar 4, 2019
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    1,436
    jannert
    Apr 4, 2019
  29. Bone2pick

    em (them)

    Bone2pick, Apr 4, 2019
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    1,507
    EBohio
    Apr 5, 2019
  30. J.D. Ray

    A bit of history

    J.D. Ray, Mar 5, 2019
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    1,165
    Alan Aspie
    Apr 5, 2019
  31. graveleye

    Kissing...really kissing.

    graveleye, Apr 10, 2019
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    6,876
    graveleye
    Apr 10, 2019
  32. Thundair

    Confused with 'that.'

    Thundair, Apr 7, 2019 ... 2
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    1,789
    Cogito
    Apr 12, 2019
  33. varma

    questioning with hand gesture and facial expression

    varma, Apr 18, 2019
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    1,266
    Cogito
    Apr 18, 2019
  34. GB reader

    Narrator intrusion, time omniscient ?

    GB reader, Apr 19, 2019
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    1,551
    GB reader
    Apr 21, 2019
  35. Elven Candy

    Bony vs. Boney; which one is correct?

    Elven Candy, Apr 12, 2019
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    22,239
    jannert
    Apr 26, 2019
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